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February 04, 2010

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A spokesman for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sends over a statement responding to Sen. Mary Landrieu, who accused the Republican Thursday of abandoning efforts to provide $300 million in extra Medicaid funding for the state.

Jindal said he still wants a fix for the faulty Medicaid formula, but not if it means passing the health care reform bill.

“I’m against the health care bill and always have been. You would have to live in a cave not to know that. I opposed it even with the FMAP language in it. I am glad the health care bill is dead. We can have honest debates about the issues and honest disagreements. I thought the health care bill was awful. Some members of Congress disagreed with my position and voted for it. That’s OK. The bottom line is that we are all going to have to work together and across party lines to fix the faulty FMAP formula that unfairly penalizes the health care needs of the poorest people in our state. That is an effort that can stand on its own merits.”

You can see the Dems pointing everywhere but themselves over who sold their votes for how much and trying to keeps some of the pork intact before the party splinters beyond repair.
Face it folks, the public does not like under the table bribes and doesn't thrust a party that stand by the bribes come hell or Republicans.

Quit crying over the prospect of losing your job, Mary.
You should have answered the phone and listened to your constituents when trying to tell you to kill the terrible attempt at health care reform. No, you wanted to continue to drink the kool-aid.
WE ARE embarassed about the Louisiana Purchase of 2009.
Join us in the campaign:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/get-landrieu-out-of-washington

It's a disservice to our democracy to call the normal political horsetrading in Washington a "bribe" or "selling a vote." Ever consider that Landrieu and Nelson always intended to vote for the bill but held out for things they needed for their own states? That's good, hardball politics.

Again, if your Senators don't make an effort to bring your tax dollars to your state then your Senators are doing a bad job.

Words matter... you dilute the terminology we use to define actual corrupt activities like quid pro quos for personal gain and campaign contributions. You give the impression to the American people that all elected public servants are on the take which is absolutely not the case. You encourage a ridiculous level of cynicism among average Americans which is unhealthy for our democracy. It is irresponsible. In our history there were times when real corruption ran rampant. We're way past that. Occasionally there are ethical lines crossed and sometimes outright crimes, but they really are exceptional events.

Further, conservatives are boxing themselves in. If they ever regain power they are going to end up unable to pass their own agenda and address big problems since there won't be any chits to bargain with to push people over the edge to vote for legislation. Consider that it's real hard to get to 60 votes.

jhogger, we know you are a big fan of political earmarks and defacto bribes. We have read where you repeatedly act like this is the mothers milk of a democracy. But we don't see it the same way. We feel the age of freebies and kickbacks on someone else's dime need to come to an end and you just show us all how hopelessly out of touch you are each time you defend this sort of bad behavior. Keep it up buddy. We have a long way to go to get majorities back in both houses and we need all the help we can get from unapologetic hardcore leftists like yourself.

we know you are a big fan of political earmarks and defacto bribes. We have read where you repeatedly .............................would that be like Richard Shelby R-Al) holding up 70 nominations to make sure he gets his earmarks to the tune of $35B for his state???????

That Mary Landrieu is certainly a tub of lard. I thought the buttons on that ugly outfit were ready to pop. It wouldn't matter if she lost any weight, she'd still be an ugly money grubbing pimple. I appreciate Apu going after her.